Key statistics
Satellite EXPRESS 2 at a glance.
Uptime
10576
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 1.0
Per day
Orbit
OTHER
Other
Inclination
14.6
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for EXPRESS 2.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: EXPRESS 2
International designator: 1996-058A
Object number (NORAD): 24435
Object ID (CCSDS): 24435
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 1435.827 minutes
Inclination: 14.596 deg
SMA: 42159.442 km
Apoapsis: 35808.615 km
Periapsis: 35754.0 km
RAAN: 356.4944 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00064772
Argument of periapsis: 357.5335 deg
Mean anomaly: 2.0321 deg
Mean motion: 1.00290657 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000094 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 9, 2025, 10:35 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 8, 2025, 9:19 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 EXPRESS 2
TLE line 1: 1 24435U 96058A 25251.88864273 .00000094 00000-0 00000-0 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 24435 14.5960 356.4944 0006477 357.5335 2.0321 1.00290657105986
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite EXPRESS 2.
Associated space launch
The Ekspress series spacecraft for Data transmission, TV & radio-broadcasting, communications, Internet, video-conference closely resembled the Gals spacecraft and shared a similar spacecraft bus. Ekspress was to replace the widely used Gorizont spacecraft, and plans called for deployments at 13 locations (40 degrees, 53 degrees, 80 degrees, 90 degrees, 96.5 degrees, 99 degrees, 103 degrees, 140 degrees, 145 degrees, 205 degrees, 322.5 degrees, 346 degrees, and 349 degrees, all East longitude) for domestic needs and to support the Intersputnik Telecommunications Association.
EXPRESS 2 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Proton-K/DM-2M | Ekspress 2’, on board a Proton-K/DM-2M space rocket.
The launch took place on Sept. 26, 1996, 5:50 p.m. from 200/39 (200L).
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Proton-K/DM-2M | Ekspress 2
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Sept. 26, 1996, 5:50 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Proton-K/DM-2M
Launch pad: 200/39 (200L)
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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